Outcome Disparities in African American Compared with European American Women with ER+HER2- Tumors Treated within an Equal-Access Health Care System

摘要

PurposeBreast cancer mortality rates are higher for African American women (AAW) than for any other ethnic group in the United States. Recent reports suggest that outcome disparities between AAW and European American women (EAW) are present in the ER+HER2- subtype. To improve our understanding, pathological characteristics, mortality and molecular profiles from women treated within an equal-access health care system were evaluated.